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Ski & Snowboard Expo begins Thursday in Boston

The mercury has dropped and it's time to get pumped for winter at the 32nd annual Boston.com Ski & Snowboard Expo.

Presented by Subaru of New England, it begins on Thursday and goes through Sunday at the Seaport World Trade Center at 200 Seaport Blvd. in Boston.

Admission is $12, but you can get $2 off by printing out a coupon at www.onthesnow.com.

For those looking to buy equipment, East Coast Alpine has you covered.

The retailer will roll out the region's most impressive ski and snowboard sale, and resorts around the globe will offer their best pre-season savings on winter vacation packages, lift tickets and season passes right at the show.

You can also get lots of free stuff and enter to win all sorts of prizes.

U.S. athletes who have their eyes on the prize at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in February will be there.

Live acts, interactive exhibits and ongoing giveaways provide Expo visitors with non-stop entertainment and this year will not disappoint. Visit the Long Trail Beer Garden for a great variety of their beers.

There will be a Fall Brawl Skateboard Contest on the Waterville Valley Street Course, presented by 98.5 The Sports Hub.

Flying Ace Allstars! The trampoline Show will be presented by Killington, featuring the Spectacular Flying Aces Team of olympic,national and international freestyle skiing and trampoline champions.

Seth Wescott, who won double Olympic gold in the Skier Cross event in 2006 and 2010, is going for his third at Sochi in February. He will be making appearances at the Sugarloaf USA booth on Friday and Saturday. His laid-back, approachable style welcomes fans to stop by for a chat.

Waterville Valley's own Hannah Kearney, a double Olympic gold medalist in the mogul event who is and going for her third gold at Sochi, will be greeting fans at the Waterville Valley booth from 1-3 p.m. on Sat., Nov. 16.

Donna Weinbrecht, Olympic mogul gold medalist and Ski Hall of Famer, is one of the U.S. team’s most dominant athletes of all time. She will be at the Killington booth on Saturday.

Tommy Moe, the first American male to win two medals at a single Olympics in the games at Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994, will be signing posters at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort booth and talking about his ultimate private ski sessions.

Hours for the show are Thursday, Nov. 14 from 3 to 10 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 15 from 3 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.